The efficacy and function of mountain beans

Mountain bean is a very good medicinal material. It is often used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat patients. It has extremely high medicinal value. Let us learn about several aspects of mountain bean.

[Other names] False peanut, big leaf green, different fruit mountain green bean, barnyard bean

[Source] It is a plant of the genus Desmodium in the family Fabaceae, Desmodium heterocarpum (L.) DC., and the whole plant is used as medicine. Harvest in summer and autumn, wash and dry.

[Original form] Semi-shrub or small shrub, 1 to 3 meters high, with young branches sparsely covered with white long hairs. Stem erect or slightly curved, sometimes nearly procumbent. Trifoliate leaves are alternate. In summer, the inflorescences are terminal or lateral racemes, densely decorated with twin flowers, and the butterfly-shaped corolla is purple-red. The pods are linear, 1.2 to 2.5 cm long and about 3 mm wide, with a curved column base at the tip, covered with hooked hairs, and 4 to 7 nearly square nodes with shallow wavy internodes. Seeds round and kidney-shaped.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter, sweet, cold.

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat, detoxifies, reduces swelling and relieves pain. Used to prevent mumps, epidemic encephalitis B, and sore throat; used externally to treat snake bites, swelling and pain from falls, and carbuncles.

[Usage and Dosage] 0.5-2 liang; for external use, mash the fresh product and apply to the affected area.

【Excerpt】 National Compendium of Chinese Herbal Medicines

This article introduces to us what mountain beans are. We know that mountain beans have very high medicinal effects, but we must remind everyone that mountain beans generally cannot be eaten indiscriminately, otherwise it will cause serious consequences. I hope everyone will treat it with caution.